say no, the labour party has got to really focus on it.s of all the main parties, of course, are now very much linked, aren't they? and we see that in policy. prof. curtice: yes. two points in response to that. the truth is that reforms are taking more votes of the conservative dime off labour and, again, you can see in this poll where reforms tend to particularly well. labour, in contrast, yes, they are losing some votes to reform, but they are also losing more to the greed of the democrats, and you can see the details of this poll, the greens and the democrats who are doing the damage, not necessarily reform. a lot of it is the getting those of conservatives and therefore being able to overtake the party. so will point what is labour's problem is losing votes everywhere, albeit, yes, reforms, and the second thing to say about the link between this today, prime minister will have authority for as long as the mp's think that they are pursuing a path that is likely to result in those mp's reelection. that presumption on behalf of labour mp'

labour mps have been under pressure on welfare reforms.potential rebels are hoping ministers blink first. they want the government to pull next week's vote and rethink new rules that will make it more difficult for some disabled people to claim personal independence payments. we are asking the government to pause, to listen to our concerns and to avoid a situation next week where there is conflict on this issue. and listen to this. a labour mp who hasn't so far signalled her opposition now says she requires further reassurances from the government. i didn't become a labour mp at the last election to make disabled people poorer. whatever happens on the welfare vote, the government has been unable to defuse deep disquiet in labour's ranks. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. sir keir starmer was asked about the welfare question at a news conference at nato within the last hour or so and he did say that the government is committed to the reform, they want to change it, they were voted into make it fit for the future, as he put it, and he said

i want to labour mp who wants a system of the whole work well. we not helen whately from the conservatives, today you called the labour party u-turn on this stimulating, is it more humiliating on the u-turn on liz truss massive energy tax cuts. is it more humiliating or less? i did not back liz truss to be a party leader and promised her and kemi badenoch and others have said that i was led, we are under new leadership, and my job is to hold the government to account and point out the mistakes they are making and i think they have been a big mistake over winter fuel payments over the fact they took it away, as you said and has been discussed, one of the thirst -- first things rachel reeves did as chancellor was to the winter fuel payment cut, i welcomed her u-turn, in fact we said from the moment they announced it was wrong thing to do, so i welcome that, but i think the one thing that is extraordinary is that rachel reeves and other government ministers have gone out today saying the reason they have been able to do this is because in some way t

benjamin smith is senior child labour specialist at the international labour organization.'s in grilly in eastern france. welcome to the programme. we have listed a couple of causes of part of the cycle, is the main issue there as occasion and education that these children are not taking up? probably the most significant to root cause of child labour is poverty so, it not that parents or children's want to work, it is that they do not have sufficient income parents don't have access to decent work that obliges them to send their children to school. education of course is an important factor to often there is not enough schools, not well trained teachers and in fact, for children and child labour, they are four times is lucky to be completely out of school compared to the nonworking peers and those who do manage to juggle work and school suffer from attendance issues more likely to drop out. what is this idea of abolishing child labour by this year over a ten year period, simply unrealistic russian mark i think it's important to be ambitious in this regard, this is a grave h

the labour party as her, the right of the labour party, who have come to really question whether enoughtical thought went into this decision before it was announced. henry, thank you so much and there is a full statement from the chancellor rachel reeves on the bbc news website. we are expecting to hear from her and once we have we will high level talks between the us and china take place today here in london - as tensions between the two have frayed after president trump's tariffs. three of mr trump's top aides will meet a chinese delegation - including the vice premier he lifeng. it took a phone call between president xi and president trump last thursday to get the trade talks back on track, easing weeks of global market turmoil. one of president trump's top advisors said increased access to rare earth metals will be on the agenda. china is likely to push for greater access to sophisticated us computer chips, as our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell explains. these talks are being seen as an attempt by washington and beijing to get their trade negotiations back on track. now, rem

his labour back in trouble? there is no doubt, many worried about this over the years that what happened in iraq and the so-called dodgy dossier in all the rest of it would constrain future british prime ministers when they felt there was a need to have military engagement for the result is in syria with a we had that frankly preposterous vote in parliament on that. do you think this legal advice should be published was that obama did not follow through with the red light is being crossed with at the international community was watching. should the attorney generals advice be published? i wonder whether that was in fact an accidental leak. this attorney generals advice seems to find it's way quite often into the public domain. in this attorney general seems to be more political perhaps another attorney generals have been. absolute nonsense. i think you just tell us what the law is and the differences we got government now that abides by international law. that's the difference. that's a glib response. that's not

the only scottish labour can beat the snp. only scottish labour can deliver a new direction. scotland, and only scottish labour can ultimately deliver the change this country needs and we are determined to win it together. thank you. anas sarwar, the leader of the scottish labour party, talking about the labour defeat of the snp, the scottish national party, winning the by-election in hamilton, larkhall and stoke stonehouse, the scottish parliament seat, with reform uk finishing third. very upbeat, anas sarwar, understandably, the result was keenly awaited as it was less than a year until the scottish parliament election and reaction coming from the prime minister, sir keir starmer, congratulating the new msp, the member of the scottish parliament, and his team, on a fantastic victory, adding people in scotland had once again voted for change. to explain a bit of the background, the by-election was held following the death of the snp's christina mckelvie. that by-election taking place. it was meant to be a two horse race but with labour winning it became a three horse race. t

but it's labour who are smiling today, or to be precise, scottish labour. there is anger here at the state of public services under the snp, but there is also anger about uk government welfare cuts. maybe that's why the prime minister did not join the campaign. a win is a win, but there's still plenty of work for anas sarwar to do if he is to become first minister of scotland. the rise of reform in this country's old industrial heartlands, once solid labour, then an snp stronghold, has scrambled scottish politics, with less than a year to go before the holyrood elections. james cook, bbc news, hamilton. well, despite slumping to fourth place in that by-election, the conservative leader kemi badenoch insists her party is still the main opposition to labour. with her leadership under pressure, she maintains she'll be able to turn things around and that the public will see the party has changed. she's been speaking to our political editor chris mason. through the looking glass. kemi badenoch is a leader of the opposition in westminster but she is struggling to

what is labour's plan? there what is labour�*s plan? there isn't one.e know your views tonight gbnews.com/yoursay. of course you can reach us on gb news. well, i�*m joined now by the human rights lawyer shoaib khan scholz. we've debated this scholz. we�*ve debated this before. how do we solve this crisis? and please don't say more legal and safe routes because that's not going to because that�*s not going to solve it. how do we solve this crisis for the british people? >> i mean, well, a few ways of doing it. depends what you mean by the crisis. but obviously what we�*re talking about is stopping the boats or stopping illegal immigration. then, of course. colii’se. >> course. >> stop. >> stop. >> the boats. let�*s start with stopping the boats. how do we stopping the boats. how do we stop the boats? >> so obviously, yeah, like you said, i mean, and obviously you knew that's the answer. that's why you said don't mention it. but yeah, of course we need to create safe legal routes. obviously. you know, after the taliban took over afghanistan, why weren't t

just how much of a challenge is this for the labour government? it is a big challenge, we talk about big numbers, the labour government has a big majority but more than 100 mps, 108 at the last count, effectively saying there is a vote next week in parliament on the welfare reforms, we want this shelved at least until the autumn, to push this back, that it's a huge number. whether or not the government is listening remains to be seen because the cabinet office minister pat mcfadden this morning said these reforms were necessary and the vote would go ahead next week. the hope of the rebels or potential rebels as the government looks at the strength of feeling and decides quite simply not to have that vote next week, to carry out further assessments on the impact of their welfare cuts, £5 billion worth, and then perhaps proceed more slowly and differently come the autumn. as things stand, the government will not do that, but it is the old adage that a week is a long time in politics, it might feel like a neon between now and next tuesday, we will se

where is the labour vote falling most? it was as they did well last year. inevitably it means that when it comes to be outcomes and seats in the pole, reform are very clearly ahead, albeit certainly still well short of what would be required to win an overall majority. interns where be art a and tying it up the welfare problem that labour are facing, there is a speculation that morgan mcsweeney, chief of staff to the prime minister, has been very focused on reform and part of the reasoning for the welfare cuts is not just financially but also that it might appeal to potential reform voters and some in the party criticised him for that move, emanating reform on other areas and some say the party is to focus on it. the travails of all the main parties of course are now very much linked and we see that in policy? yes, i think two points to make in response to that was of the truth is that reform are thinking more votes off the conservatives then off labour and again you can sleep in this pole where the conservatives particularly betty performed. labour in cont

he talked about doing this with, quote, 'labour values.' he's also talked in the last few days, you heard it in the report about 'noises off.' that's how he's described some of the mps. there have been briefings that have been talking about they have to do this because it's the 'morally 'right thing to do.' when you hear all of that, what do you think? i think it's insulting to our values. you know, how it might be a moral case that we need to find a saving, but i think those are the ways that those savings could be found that don't involve taking money off people before we've got essential support in place for them. rachel, let me bring you back in, because do you get the sense that backbenchers sense an element of weakness within keir starmer, bruised by those local elections, bruised by recent polling, a u-turn on winter fuel payments, even talk if he lost this vote, whether it's the beginning of the end for him or rachel reeves. is that partly what is behind backbenchers being pretty determined to actually see this through? no, we are r

it's almost like the labour party is a nursery school where there's always a cold going around. your old boss, philip hammond, was always being told he was too gloomy, wasn't he? to is that part of the job? at the time we had been changing the economic model, so everybody was pretty tense. we weren't sure about the path forward, but i wouldn't say that budgets are easier to slip jokes into spending reviews. spinning reviews are indicating where the government thinks there are problems and where they think they are going to focus their priorities the risk of over two interpretation is guaranteed, in fact. where are we? who is still not settled? unless anybody has caved in the last hour or so, essentially the three who are holding out our yvette cooper, it miliband and angela rayner. of course, two of those people were people who've been secretaries of state before. now one change dynamic is the last time labour was doing this, there was no ob are, so you could always come in the 11th hour, the chancellor of the day could go, "oh, i think the growth figures will actually be slight

no labour prime minister, certainly not since 1945, has begun so badly. the government has such ignorance of history and how you conduct yourself as prime minister, what you do, and so this is why i think it is so bad for him two reasons, just fits a narrative that there is a prime minister who is incapable of telling a story. if there was a clear vision that he'd laid out, a story about where he is taking the labour government in the country, people might perhaps understand why this cut was necessary, but there have been so many flip-flops that they don't get it, and secondly he doesn't understand that the prime minister is only there if you keep and carry your mps with you. and taking for granted they are not going to like it. and it tells a story of a fundamentally incompetent prime minister, and unless he learns, i've read two very excellent profiles of him, but he's repeating the same mistakes. he thinks it's all about the detail, and, you know, take our teta, and if he was to go and save our teta and his beloved arsenal, it art out of a sense is act

scottish labour's candidate didn't do that me interviews and that much media but labour were putting their focus on the ground here in hamilton larkhall and. that seems to have paid off. we are just about a year away from the scottish elections. -- in hamilton, larkhall and stonehouse. this is just one by-election in one seat in scotland but certainly political enthusiasts have been keeping a close eye on it. the snp have been in power in scotland for around 18 years. the scottish conservatives are the second biggest party in holyrood followed by scottish labour. scottish labour are very pleased with this result. reform as well are very pleased. it was a bad night for the scottish conservatives, who have a lot to do over the next 11 months. but if this result is anything to go by, deck next year's scottish elections could be a close contest. but of course, 11 months is a long time in politics. briefly, the snp have a lot to think about. yes, the snp were hopeful they could hang onto the seat but it's worth putting it into a bit of context. at the general election last year, labour wo

where are the labour values in this and interrupted in your sorry, where are the real labour values andspeaking up for them because it seems like there is a schism. on the round, it is very clear and i agree with him that there is common ground in terms of what we want to achieve and what i want to achieve is maximise and support people as they go to work. that is what we all want. get disabled people into work. there will be money brought forward to allow more people into work and i will be the pushback working from the government. if that happens, that is necessary, but we must create a healthy system or people can thrive and that's what we want to get to and work with the government. developing, we still do not have ink on the dealers who speak to you now from ten to 11 and will move on for a second. tackling toxic masculinity should begin in the classroom and society needs new ways to stop violence against women - so say john hunt and his daughter amy in their interview with victoria, broadcast on the bbc tonight. john's wife carol and their daughters louise and hannah were murdered

scottish labour m.p.'s want for scotland. >> what my friend describes is how health services in scotland are utterly broken for people waiting too long for mental health support in his constituency, a neonay tat unit in hamilton which the s.m.b. are threatening to downgrade. in 2021s.m.p. said they'd recruit more mental health workers and failed to do so. if they had a plan to fix scotland's n.h.s. they'd have done it by now. scotland need a change of direction. >> sir john cuniliffe's report laid out fundamental changes needed for our water sector. this is felt no more acutely that in my area, we have a harbor in unfavorable condition and sewage is blighting our tourism industry. with water bills rising 47% for my constituents can the prime minister still them when they can expect to see the real change this government promised and our waterways cleaned up for good? >> i share her anger and frustration at the broken water system we inherited with frankly appalling sewage, higher bills and executives payin

that this issue was really coming up on the doorstep and doing some damage to labour.eemed like the government felt like it had to move on it. all be it, it's been a really slow u-turn, but it does also strike me now that there's a couple of potential risks with this. i guess the first one is, will the government now get the credit for doing what it's done now? the people that will now get this winter fuel payment come this winter, will it be a case of aha, all is forgiven. you know, we've got our winter fuel payment back. thank you very much. we're glad that the government kind of recognised that it was in a place on this, that most people or a lot of people, it's not fair to say most people, but, you know, the feedback was that a lot of people weren't brilliantly happy about it or not. and the other bit of this is what about rachel reeves? because, you know, this was one of the first early things that she did as chancellor, somebody who had made very clear that she wanted to be seen as a sort of safe pair of hands and a safe custodian of the public finances. and this

associated with the labour party. they've been working on proposals for a so called britcard. did i read that properly? thank you for being with us. but with the card look like? hi, christian. it will look like a card in a digital form. you would use it to prove anything about yourself, and you should focus on using this ge prove you have the right to live and work in the country. tapping against the phone and... it won't stop shopping for government services? it could well be that. i don't think he would try to deliver that in one go. i think he would start by looking at this case because we think it's such a situation where there is level of the concern. we have around 1 million people living and working in the uk and british systems because they don't have id, can't prove the will be targeted by home-office enforcement. you think this would solve the problem of the black marketing jobs? i think it's it fundamental part of any fund middle strategy. this would make it easier for law-abiding employers to do these chec

what are the government's welfare reforms that are prompting resistance from labour mps? well, there are two main elements. first, a cut in the rate of incapacity benefit - this is for people who are generally economically inactive. second, to make it harder for people to claim personal independence payments, or pip. these are support payments for people with a disability. and importantly, the government estimates that a fifth of people on pip are working. together, these reforms are projected to save around £4.8 billion a year by 2030. but the government's own impact assessment says these reforms could push around 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into relative income poverty by the end of the decade. but here's some further important context. total spending on working-age disability benefits - shown in blue - and incapacity benefits - shown in red - was projected to rise by the office for budget responsibility at last autumn's budget from £60 billion this year to £75 billion by 2030, an increase of around £15 billion. so even if these roughly £5 billion of cuts

it's something that the labour-affiliated trade union unite agree with. they've come out today and said that it's divisive and sinister, these concessions. so there are concerns that this creates a two-tier system. it's difficult to tell at the moment how many backbench labour mps agree with that, and how many of them are happy with the concessions that the government has made. that's because there are a number of different groups within labour who have been part of the rebellion. there's not one big overall leader of them. that makes sense, so it's tricky to know at the moment. we'll find out in the coming days, but certainly there will be a lot of phone calls between ministers and backbenchers between now and tuesday. and something else people are going to want to know is how this is going to be paid for. harry mentioned the possibility of tax increases. is that likely to be on the table? well, the government hasn't ruled it out. so i think it is looking increasingly likely at the moment or freezing tax thresholds. the government could also look at cutt

and many labour mps are still angry.this is ultimately still a cost-cutting measure and that means that, however they try and co-produce the system for these new people moving forwards, we're going to be taking billions of pounds out of the pockets of people with high levels of vulnerability when there are better alternatives on the table. i don't think it's inconceivable we get back up to numbers which would potentially result in the bill being killed. i think there have been lessons learned and i'm sure that they will continue to be learnt over the weekend. it would not be right for me to not do anything just to spare the prime minister an inconvenience that had to be raised, and we did it in the, we did it as quietly and professionally as we could. the conservatives say they'll support it on three unlikely conditions. that he has to reduce the welfare budget, that he has to make sure people get into work. at the moment, the bill doesn't do that. the u-turn makes it even worse. and they have to commit to not having mor

but was the labour party really ready? in his first interview about those early days, that's what i asked simon case, until recently the head of the civil service. there were some elements where not enough thinking had been done. there were some areas where the prime minister and his team and, you know, including me as his sort of core team, knew what we wanted to do, but we weren't communicating that effectively across all of government. any prime minister and any government would have struggled with what they inherited. i don't think there are many incoming prime ministers who'd faced such challenging circumstances. once inside downing street, things only got bleaker for labour. we have inherited a projected overspend of £22 billion. frankly, things will get worse before they get better. the start of a summer where the nation was on edge. this spawned one of the major attacks on starmer from the right. the idea these rioters were treated more harshly than others. two-tier keir. starmer's attorney general, giving me his f

have now signed the amendment, 126 of them labour. but after days of ministers saying they would hold firm, look at how the tone at the top of government has changed. yesterday the prime minister was not budging. are there plenty of people and noises off? yes of course, there always are. there always have been, there always will be. but the important thing is to focus on the change we want to bring about. those comments angered backbench mps even further. talking about his mps, his colleagues as "noises off" is partly why he's in the problem he's in. and this morning downing street has confirmed it is in talks with the rebels about possible changes to the welfare policies. all colleagues want to get this right and so do i. we want to see reform implemented but labour values of fairness. that conversation will continue in the coming days so we can begin making change together on tuesday. with 126 of his own mps all openly undermining his authority, his government is incapable of making even the smallest changes to bring down the cost o

labour said we won't raise taxes on working people.yers because the labour government, en masse, does not understand how the real world works. it means employers and we speak to them all the time. they are letting people go. some of them are shuttering completely because it's almost impossible these days to build and grow a business in this country as a result of your government. and you talk about borrowing. i don't know how you can sit there don�*t know how you can sit there with a straight face and say, well, you're not borrowing in order to fund all of this stuff. originally, labour said she said she was going to borrow 87 billion. now she's saying she's going to borrow more than double and she's only been chancellor and she�*s only been chancellor for less than a year, more than £100 billion just on interest payments alone. everyone watching this program knows somebody in their lives who has a lavish lifestyle on a credit card. the interest payments go through the roof and at some point the piper needs to be paid. and rachel reeve

labour mp nadia whittome, thank you for joining us from westminster.an find more about the changes to the welfare cuts being proposed on the bbc news website. a teenager from norfolk has become the first person in europe to receive a new medication, which doctors believe could cure her life-threatening immune disorder. by the time she reached 19, several members of mary catchpole's family had died - including her mother and grandmother - as a result of the inherited condition known as apds. our medical editor fergus walsh explains. all her life, mary has carried the burden of a rare disease that killed her mother, grandmother, aunt and uncle. now that weight has lifted, the 19-year-old feels liberated. i just hope it will give me a new lease of life. it's really just a miracle. it means everything. it's bittersweet because obviously, my family members who passed away before they could have it, and it has brought me new hope and new joy about my life, and it makes me feel i can just do anything. mary's ultra rare condition is called apds, and makes her

while labour is investing in our security and allies, nigel farage and reform are not on the side of the heroic people of ukraine, but on the russian side instead. tough on workers, soft on patients but soft with putin. we are making progress. it is just one quarter, but recent numbers show that britain to be the fastest growing economy in the g7. for cuts to interest rate since august last year, saving working families taking out new mortgages hundreds of pounds every year and real wages have risen more in the first ten months of this labour government than they did in the last ten years of the conservative government. i know that not enough working people are yet feeling that progress and that is work tomorrow's spending review is all about. making working people better off. investing in our security. investing in our health. investing in our economy. this government is going for growth. because that is the best way to create jobs, boost wages, lift people out of poverty and sustainably fund schools, hospitals and all public services we rely on. we are doing things differently. bec

there will still be a sizeable labour rebellion, when the vote happens tomorrow. on friday, i was hearing that around 50 mps, labour mps could vote against this. those numbers don't seem to change massively over the weekend, given that we know whips and ministers have been calling up mps and trying to reassure them. you may have expected those numbers to dwindle a bit. but they don't appear to have done. today, the thing people are talking about is a new bit of government modelling, about how many people could go into poverty because of these changes. now, a few months ago, when initial plans were public, the governments initial impact assessment said around 250,000 people could be pushed into apollo let poverty. big concessions happened, which the prime instigator those rebels, and today we have new government modelling which suggest that up 250,000 people would still be pushed poverty. the government say that is not the full picture, that it doesn't take into account various other things that bring in to try and get people back into work. but no doubt, that 150,

so how has today gone down with the labour party?ck to that remark by the prime minister to the cabinet about how this marks the end of phase one of his government. i have to say i sense an atmosphere in the government, not one of celebration, it is one of relief. now, this is what one of the prime minister's closest allies told me, they said, last week is the first time since the general election when i felt that we started to act as a government when making decisions, and then this person told me, "those local elections," early in may when labour did really bad in england, "where the best possible thing that could've happened to us. complete wake-up call. make decisions and go out there and govern." is what they told me. what is your assessment of today? in economics terms, this is a credible attempt to regain control of the growth narrative, although we don't call it that any more, it is now natural renewal. you see this in terms of infrastructure investment, you see this in terms of spending on health. you see this in terms of sp

top tent, traditional labour way, they have been hit hardest.nteresting how traditional labour have been on who they have hit. the treasury's loan model, the wealthiest will benefit from better public services to about £700 to £750 a year. but they will leave more than £1000 a year due to changes in benefits. there is a lot to get through but we have been looking at questions that the audience wants answers to. i have been casting my eye over them. something people have been searching for today, we want to get it out of the way. a lot of people are asking, what is the spending review? good question. what is the difference between that and a budget and an autumn statement? normally you have two fiscal events where they make spending and tax decisions. there is only supposed to be one now, the budget, which happens in the autumn with tax decisions being made. this is about spending not tax. no decisions to raise or cut taxes. this is about strategy, a long-term view, setting out the government spending plans over the rest of the parliament rather

the welfare system -- [labour is the party. that's why our bill will deliver the increase for support since the 1980's and employment support. [indiscernible] and can never work. >> it is disappointing that the prime minister couldn't give that and we will pursue this matter on behalf of kerry. mr. speaker, given the reports that the government is giving a green light to president trump's demands for visits top september does the u.k. talk with the white house in advance of that state visit to secure and ukraine and assets and secure a joint message that together our two countries will not win that illegal war? >> the u.k. is in discussions, negotiations and talks with our u.s. counterparts and there is a second state visit and continue to welcome him. >> thank you, mr. speaker. there are 727 -- [indiscernible] devastating impact on the children. will the deputy prime minister outline and utilize the 39 billion pounds to fix the housing crisis left by the government? and can they get their affordable homes they live in. >> my f

labour came through now that it took a few people by surprise, but has been a big fillip for the labour party because they've suffered recently in the polls, suffered recently in local elections in england, won parliamentary by election. so, to win this, delight from the scottish labour leadership, who said it now points the way towards elections in scotland next year, where they hope to be a credible alternative to the snp led government there. but a word of caution. the problem for labour is that this doesn't actually indicate a big difference to the national picture, which is that they are down from where they were last year when they did so well in the general election. so, for labour, a good day, but not a big turnaround. for the snp, sort of difficulties for them. they're pointing to it saying, look, they feel that they've picked up since last year and have things to take away, but not great news for them. for reform uk, certainly, this has been their best result in scotland, so they are delighted by it and think it points the way forward. the conservatives, the really big losers,

they voted for a labour government and we're not seeing labour economics at the heart of that. >> buttulations. >> i win the pot. on being able to get the word black hole, and no government has ever been able to finance it adequately for what everybody wants to see from the nhs. we are now basically a gerontocracy with a health system attached to it. so we do have problems with, for example, the birth rate in this country. we aren't having enough babies to be able to afford the state within the next 40 to 50 years. but i think that, you know, labour economics, the treasury doesn't care if you're left or right wing. it still needs to be able to finance a set number of people and take in an amount of money from a set number of other people, and it has to balance the levels between the two. and nobody, left or right, has managed to find a solution that will keep the treasury brain happy. >> 0h, happy. >> oh, it's all gone a bit bonkers, hasn't it? thank you used to for making some sense of it. james matthewson from labour and lauren mckevitt from conservative. thank you both very much fo

and no labour government should be attacking benefit claimants.they shouldn't be attacking elderly, poor pensioners. one could see the car crash happening and the compromise that's reached is not great, but it'll do for the moment. mps will vote on the welfare reforms on tuesday. some labour mps, like some charities, say the government's concessions will lead to a two tier system, with existing claimants potentially getting paid more than new claimants who have exactly the same condition. this is ultimately still a cost-cutting measure, and that means that, however they try and co-produce the system for these new people moving forwards, we're going to be taking billions of pounds out of the pockets of people with high levels of vulnerability when there are better alternatives on the table. despite phone calls and text messages from some cabinet ministers this weekend, some labour mps simply won't fall into line. perhaps around 50 of them currently intend to call for changes to the government's own legislation when a vote comes on tuesday. this wou

and while some labour backbenchers are now satisfied, not all have been won over. it would create a two-tier system in both pip and the universal credit health element, based on when somebody became disabled. so you can have someone with the same disability, the same needs, one would get pip, one wouldn't, one would get more in universal credit and one would get less. that bakes in future poverty for future disabled people. the tories say their support is conditional. if he can meet all three conditions, that we will support him, that he has to reduce the welfare budget, that he has to make sure people get into work. at the moment, the bill doesn't do that. the u-turn makes it even worse and they have to commit to not having more tax rises. none of those things are unreasonable requests. the chancellor herself said no new tax rises, but we want the prime minister to make those commitments and he won't do that. instead, he's just giving up. this is now the third u-turn in quick succession that the government's made under pressure. keir starmer now faces a challenge

as senior labour mp now says she will support the bill. these are important changes and shows how labour supports the most vulnerable and this package is about helping people get into work which the core labour party value, i will back it now because i think it is a good step forward and making the major changes are welcome and i'm delighted the government has been listening. our political correspondent damian grammaticus is in westminster and following developments. what you have here is on one hand, the government had said that it has to reform the welfare system because the benefits bill is just rising too far too fast and is unsustainable and on the other side, labour mps who are deeply worried and said the proposal for the cut to target benefits going to the disabled, those with long-term health conditions, to remove money from some of them, lower the payments and limit the eligibility, that they felt deeply uncomfortable with that and felt it simply did not accord with the values of the labour party should have. so many of them had s

we want to see reform implemented with labour values of fairness. that conversation will continue in the coming days so that we can begin making change together on tuesday. tuesday is when a crucial vote on the government's plan is expected here. so no surprise the conservatives are trying to keep up the pressure, urging the government to go further to rein in welfare spending. with 126 of his own mps all openly undermining his authority, his government is incapable of making even the smallest changes to bring down the cost of our ever expanding welfare bill. the government's long argued it has to kerb the costs of welfare to make the system sustainable. but there are plenty here who think number ten didn't count on the scale of the pushback from labour mps, who have serious concerns about the impact on individuals. the challenge is if the government gives ground now, it could pose a problem for future budgets. this has become a serious test of keir starmer's authority. would be labour rebels could get a phone call from the prime minister personally

speaker, it's wrong for labour movement, no labour movement should balance books in backs of disabled people. many of us will not be able to go along with that because it will mean that people need assistance to cook up their food, to wash themselves, dress themselves and to go to the toilet, will lose what they get and it's vital support. this week the prime minister changed direction on winter fuel payments. will he do the same iteration to this and now drop these disability benefit perks? >> mr. speaker, it's very important that we make the changes to. it's not working, it needs reform. i think everybody agrees with that. we will do so on a principle basis that those who can work should work and those that want to work should be supported to do so and we must protect those with severe disability and we are doing that by doing reassessments and paying premium. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the violence they incited in the west bank is intolerable and right to act. and as it's cares week, mr. speaker, can i pay tribute to millions of unpaid cares across the country and recognize the cha

downing street talking about a way to bring the labour party with them on this.look, that is a reflection of mathematical reality. as it stood, they were going to lose that vote. we heard a bit this morning from the government minister douglas alexander about the divisions within the labour party on this. what's striking is that there's very broad agreement, actually, on the principles behind the reforms. there are continuing disagreements on, if you like, the implementation of those principles. now, normally, at a second reading debate, you're voting just on the principles of a bill. and then you deal with the implementation of the bill in the report stage, in the committee stage. the fact is that reasoned amendment has brought forward that discussion. and so you're absolutely right to recognise whether it's downing street, whether it's the work and pensions department, ministers will be talking to many of those mps who are friends and colleagues of mine over the coming days in order that we can move forward. and, henry, even with the cuts, the money spent in th

labour mp olivia blake. andy haldane, former chief economist at the bank of england. and the conservatives' shadow welfare minister danny kruger mp. just days after the government announced major concessions on welfare reform to its own labour mps, are sir keir starmer's plans in trouble again tonight? nick, the work and pensions secretary made a statment to mps today. how did it land? you could feel the deer it died to make deteriorating atmosphere and i'm not saying that they're going to lose but they're in a different position than they were the beginning of the day and in the sense, they had good news for labour back benches and what i'm announcing today is $2.5 billion by 2029 and 2030. there were a series of interventions that were very difficult for the government first time when the highlight is from doctor murray, marie is massively respected in the labour party because she has a disability and yet she has a doctoral thesis from oxford, massively, this is what she had to say. since april, i have engaged with the government, making it clear i could not support

a massive climb-down - the prime minister caves in to labour rebels over changes to the benefits system. and a norfolk teenager becomes the first patient in europe to receive a potential cure for a rare immune disorder. a very warm welcome from bbc news, i'm mark lowen. we are broadcasting a special close to the israeli - gaza border on the daily struggle for food and aid deliveries in gaza, with near daily reports of killings by israeli forces and other militias in gaza as people queue for aid. the us will give $30 million to the gaza humanitarian foundation, a us and israeli-backed body set up to distribute aid in gaza. it is a controversial foundation. it is set up to replace united nations aid agency on the ground, which israel has banned. it's the first known direct us funding for the group. the ghf, backed by armed us contractors and israeli troops, has been operating in the strip since the end of may following an eleven-week aid blockade by israel. on tuesday, the un said more than 400 palestinians had been killed in recent weeks by the israeli military, while trying to collect f